Promises, Promises - Song Story 9/28

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The prompt is House on Breckenridge Lane
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The house stood like a sentry, the grotesque statue on the high stone wall an additional note of warning to any who might deign to enter.
Napoleon Solo needed to gain entry to this somber dwelling; his youthful ardor was on the verge of overcoming a deep seated dread of what might lay in wait for him.  The girl, now that was a different story altogether.  She was willing him to come inside with her green eyes and flaxen colored hair.
The young man was definitely in love, of that he had no doubt.  The girl, Emily Vincent, was the daughter of his town’s most miserable, but also wealthiest citizen.  That Napoleon and Emily had become starstruck, impossibly and irrevocably in love, was an unfortunate circumstance in the eyes of her family.

Standing now as he was, looking up at the hideous dragon atop the imposing wall, Napoleon was full of righteous indignation at being so easily dismissed as unsuitable.  Emily thought him worthy enough, and when she looked at him and smiled…

“I’m coming for you, Emily.  They won’t keep us apart, I promise…”

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